tap

Definitions

• A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
• A device used to dispense liquids.
• Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
• A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
• (mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
• A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
• An interception of communication by authority.
• A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
• (medicine) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.